About connecting to a
Wi-Fi network

Your BlackBerry smartphone
can use the
Wi-Fi network instead of the
mobile network to visit webpages, send and receive email messages, and so on.
When you connect to the Internet with a Wi-Fi network, you might
avoid data charges that are associated with using your mobile network, and, in many cases, the connection speed is faster.

Hotspots are available in many public places. Some hotspots are free to use, while
others require payment. Your wireless service provider might provide an
application for your smartphone that allows you to log in to a hotspot. If you do
not have an application on your smartphone, you might have to set up your own
account online and log in manually.

If you have an access point or router that supports
, you
can connect to it using
Wi-Fi Protected Setup.

When you connect to a
Wi-Fi network, your smartphone saves the connection information so that the next time that you are
within range of that network, your smartphone connects to it automatically.